Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
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Official LAS news, research updates, scientific statements, membership announcements and international cooperation.
Successful launch of Knowledge Hub in Liberia
In Liberia, five local students have initiated projects to improve water and electricity supply. The foundation for these projects was laid by the Winter School «Water & Sun», organized by the Platform for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Sustainable Development in the Global South at OST, in collaboration with local partners and the Bowier Trust Foundation Switzerland. These are the first milestones of the new educational project CHub Liberia: a Swiss knowledge hub aimed at sustainably promo
Liberian Scientists Detect and Identify Monkeypox virus Clade-IIb, Zero Deaths from Mpox Cases
The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) announces that Liberian scientists have acquired genomic sequencing detected and identified Monkeypox virus Clade IIb in the country. Also, Liberia has Zero (0) deaths recorded to date, thus giving Liberia a zero percent case fatality rate (0% CFR) in the region since the global and continental Mpox outbreak was declared by the WHO and the Africa Centers for Disease Control (ACDC) in August this year, 2024.